Here are three things you shouldn’t do when running Sysprep on a Windows Vista computer:
1. Don’t run Sysprep from any directory except %WINDIR%\system32\sysprep
2. Don’t run Sysprep on a version of Windows different from the one from which you got your version of Sysprep.
3. Don’t run Sysprep on a system that has been upgraded from a previous version of Windows.
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Mitch Tulloch was lead author for the Windows Vista Resource Kit from Microsoft Press, which is the book for IT pros who want to deploy, maintain and support Windows Vista in mid- and large-sized network environments. Mitch was also the author of Introducing Windows Server 2008 and technical project lead for the Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 Resource Kit, both books also from Microsoft Press. For more information on these and other books by Mitch, see www.mtit.com.
